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Goldman faces Fed scrutiny of money-losing Marcus unit

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s six-year foray into consumer banking — the unit dubbed Marcus — is the focus of a new review at the Federal Reserve. Fed officials have been looking into the Wall Street giant’s online-banking platform aimed at retail customers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. For at least several weeks, they’ve been peppering Goldman ...

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US futures extend slide as dollar keeps climbing

Bloomberg Equities extended declines on Friday, with an index of global stocks on track for the worst week since June, while a gauge of the dollar continued its ascent, reflecting bets for outsize Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. US futures dropped, suggesting the selloff that drove the S&P 500 index to its lowest close in about two months isn’t over ...

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Pound hits lowest since 1985 over cost-of-living crisis

  Bloomberg The pound slid to its weakest level in almost four decades as mounting evidence of a UK recession combines with an ascendant dollar. Sterling fell as much as 1% to $1.1351, the lowest since 1985. The latest hit was data showing UK retail sales fell at the sharpest pace in eight months in August, as a worsening cost-of-living ...

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